How to setup Live Stream Repeater for the Silverlight player

**charlie** · 07-08-2010, 06:22 AM

Please describe in detail your exact problem with detail on encoder being used and setup.

Charlie

**Falcon-M** · 07-08-2010, 07:37 AM

We are using FMLE3.1 + MainConcept AAC for encoding. It publishes 3 streams. 768, 512, 240 kbps, mp4:football1.sdp, mp4:football2.sdp, mp4:football2.sdp accordingly.
We are using WMS 2.1.1 build24490 for streaming on both origin and edge.
Smil (smil:football.smil) for SL multistreaming is:

Code:

<smil>
	<head>
	</head>
	<body>
		<switch>
			<video src="mp4:football1.sdp" system-bitrate="768000"/>
			<video src="mp4:football2.sdp" system-bitrate="512000"/>
			<video src="mp4:football3.sdp" system-bitrate="240000"/>
		</switch>
	</body>
</smil>

Origin conf/live/Applications.xml

Code:

<Root>
	<Application>
		<!-- Uncomment to set application level timeout values
		<ApplicationTimeout>60000</ApplicationTimeout>
		<PingTimeout>12000</PingTimeout>
		<ValidationFrequency>8000</ValidationFrequency>
		<MaximumPendingWriteBytes>0</MaximumPendingWriteBytes>
		<MaximumSetBufferTime>60000</MaximumSetBufferTime>
		<MaximumStorageDirDepth>25</MaximumStorageDirDepth>
		-->
		<Connections>
			<AutoAccept>true</AutoAccept>
			<AllowDomains></AllowDomains>
		</Connections>
		<!--
			StorageDir path variables
			
			${com.wowza.wms.AppHome} - Application home directory
			${com.wowza.wms.ConfigHome} - Configuration home directory
			${com.wowza.wms.context.VHost} - Virtual host name
			${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome} - Virtual host config directory
			${com.wowza.wms.context.Application} - Application name
			${com.wowza.wms.context.ApplicationInstance} - Application instance name
			
		-->
		<Streams>
			<StreamType>liverepeater-origin</StreamType>
			<StorageDir>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/content</StorageDir>
			<KeyDir>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/keys</KeyDir>
			<!-- LiveStreamPacketizers (separate with commas): cupertinostreamingpacketizer, smoothstreamingpacketizer, cupertinostreamingrepeater, smoothstreamingrepeater -->
			<LiveStreamPacketizers>smoothstreamingpacketizer</LiveStreamPacketizers>			
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/Streams.xml for any streams types loaded by this application -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</Streams>
		<!-- HTTPStreamers (separate with commas): cupertinostreaming, smoothstreaming -->
		<HTTPStreamers>smoothstreaming</HTTPStreamers>
		<SharedObjects>
			<StorageDir></StorageDir>
		</SharedObjects>
		<Client>
			<IdleFrequency>-1</IdleFrequency>
			<Access>
				<StreamReadAccess>*</StreamReadAccess>
				<StreamWriteAccess>*</StreamWriteAccess>
				<StreamAudioSampleAccess>*</StreamAudioSampleAccess>
				<StreamVideoSampleAccess>*</StreamVideoSampleAccess>
				<SharedObjectReadAccess>*</SharedObjectReadAccess>
				<SharedObjectWriteAccess>*</SharedObjectWriteAccess>
			</Access>
		</Client>
		<RTP>
			<!-- RTP/Authentication/[type]Methods defined in Authentication.xml. Default setup includes; none, basic, digest -->
			<Authentication>
				<PublishMethod>digest</PublishMethod>
				<PlayMethod>none</PlayMethod>
			</Authentication>
			<!-- RTP/AVSyncMethod. Valid values are: senderreport, systemclock, rtptimecode -->
			<AVSyncMethod>senderreport</AVSyncMethod>
			<MaxRTCPWaitTime>12000</MaxRTCPWaitTime>
			<IdleFrequency>75</IdleFrequency>
			<RTSPSessionTimeout>90000</RTSPSessionTimeout>
			<RTSPMaximumPendingWriteBytes>0</RTSPMaximumPendingWriteBytes>
			<RTSPBindIpAddress></RTSPBindIpAddress>
			<RTSPConnectionIpAddress>0.0.0.0</RTSPConnectionIpAddress>
			<RTSPOriginIpAddress>127.0.0.1</RTSPOriginIpAddress>
			<IncomingDatagramPortRanges>*</IncomingDatagramPortRanges>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/RTP.xml for any depacketizers loaded by this application -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</RTP>
		<MediaCaster>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/MediaCasters.xml for any MediaCasters loaded by this applications -->
			<Properties>
				<Property>
					<Name>streamTimeout</Name>
					<Value>15000</Value>
					<Type>Integer</Type>
				</Property>
			</Properties>
		</MediaCaster>
		<MediaReader>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/MediaReaders.xml for any MediaReaders loaded by this applications -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</MediaReader>
		<MediaWriter>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/MediaWriter.xml for any MediaWriter loaded by this applications -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</MediaWriter>
		<LiveStreamPacketizer>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/LiveStreamPacketizers.xml for any LiveStreamPacketizers loaded by this applications -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</LiveStreamPacketizer>
		<HTTPStreamer>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/HTTPStreamers.xml for any HTTPStreamer loaded by this applications -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</HTTPStreamer>
		<Repeater>
			<OriginURL></OriginURL>
			<QueryString><![CDATA[]]></QueryString>
		</Repeater> 
		<Modules>
			<Module>
				<Name>base</Name>
				<Description>Base</Description>
				<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleCore</Class>
			</Module>
			<Module>
				<Name>properties</Name>
				<Description>Properties</Description>
				<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleProperties</Class>
			</Module>
			<Module>
				<Name>logging</Name>
				<Description>Client Logging</Description>
				<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleClientLogging</Class>
			</Module>
			<Module>
				<Name>flvplayback</Name>
				<Description>FLVPlayback</Description>
				<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleFLVPlayback</Class>
			</Module> 
			<Module>
				<Name>ModuleRTMPAuthenticate</Name>
				<Description>ModuleRTMPAuthenticate</Description>
				<Class>com.wowza.wms.plugin.security.ModuleRTMPAuthenticate</Class>
			</Module>
		</Modules>
		<!-- Properties defined here will be added to the IApplication.getProperties() and IApplicationInstance.getProperties() collections -->
		<Properties>
			<Property>
				<Name>smoothStreamingMediaMajorVersion</Name>
				<Value>2</Value>
				<Type>Integer</Type>
			</Property>
		</Properties>
	</Application>
</Root>

Edge conf/live/Applications.xml

Code:

<Root>
	<Application>
		<!-- Uncomment to set application level timeout values
		<ApplicationTimeout>60000</ApplicationTimeout>
		<PingTimeout>12000</PingTimeout>
		<ValidationFrequency>8000</ValidationFrequency>
		<MaximumPendingWriteBytes>0</MaximumPendingWriteBytes>
		<MaximumSetBufferTime>60000</MaximumSetBufferTime>
		<MaximumStorageDirDepth>25</MaximumStorageDirDepth>
		-->
		<Connections>
			<AutoAccept>true</AutoAccept>
			<AllowDomains></AllowDomains>
		</Connections>
		<!--
			StorageDir path variables
			
			${com.wowza.wms.AppHome} - Application home directory
			${com.wowza.wms.ConfigHome} - Configuration home directory
			${com.wowza.wms.context.VHost} - Virtual host name
			${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome} - Virtual host config directory
			${com.wowza.wms.context.Application} - Application name
			${com.wowza.wms.context.ApplicationInstance} - Application instance name
			
		-->
		<Streams>
			<StreamType>liverepeater-edge</StreamType>
			<StorageDir>/etc/cdn/wowza/content</StorageDir>
			<KeyDir>${com.wowza.wms.context.VHostConfigHome}/keys</KeyDir>
			<!-- LiveStreamPacketizers (separate with commas): cupertinostreamingpacketizer, smoothstreamingpacketizer, cupertinostreamingrepeater, smoothstreamingrepeater -->
			<LiveStreamPacketizers>smoothstreamingrepeater</LiveStreamPacketizers>			
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/Streams.xml for any streams types loaded by this application -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</Streams>
		<!-- HTTPStreamers (separate with commas): cupertinostreaming, smoothstreaming -->
		<HTTPStreamers>smoothstreaming</HTTPStreamers>
		<SharedObjects>
			<StorageDir></StorageDir>
		</SharedObjects>
		<Client>
			<IdleFrequency>-1</IdleFrequency>
			<Access>
				<StreamReadAccess>*</StreamReadAccess>
				<StreamWriteAccess></StreamWriteAccess>
				<StreamAudioSampleAccess>*</StreamAudioSampleAccess>
				<StreamVideoSampleAccess>*</StreamVideoSampleAccess>
				<SharedObjectReadAccess>*</SharedObjectReadAccess>
				<SharedObjectWriteAccess></SharedObjectWriteAccess>
			</Access>
		</Client>
		<RTP>
			<!-- RTP/Authentication/[type]Methods defined in Authentication.xml. Default setup includes; none, basic, digest -->
			<Authentication>
				<PublishMethod>digest</PublishMethod>
				<PlayMethod>none</PlayMethod>
			</Authentication>
			<!-- RTP/AVSyncMethod. Valid values are: senderreport, systemclock, rtptimecode -->
			<AVSyncMethod>senderreport</AVSyncMethod>
			<MaxRTCPWaitTime>12000</MaxRTCPWaitTime>
			<IdleFrequency>75</IdleFrequency>
			<RTSPSessionTimeout>90000</RTSPSessionTimeout>
			<RTSPMaximumPendingWriteBytes>0</RTSPMaximumPendingWriteBytes>
			<RTSPBindIpAddress></RTSPBindIpAddress>
			<RTSPConnectionIpAddress>0.0.0.0</RTSPConnectionIpAddress>
			<RTSPOriginIpAddress>127.0.0.1</RTSPOriginIpAddress>
			<IncomingDatagramPortRanges>*</IncomingDatagramPortRanges>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/RTP.xml for any depacketizers loaded by this application -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</RTP>
		<MediaCaster>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/MediaCasters.xml for any MediaCasters loaded by this applications -->
			<Properties>
				<Property>
					<Name>streamTimeout</Name>
					<Value>15000</Value>
					<Type>Integer</Type>
				</Property>
			</Properties>
		</MediaCaster>
		<MediaReader>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/MediaReaders.xml for any MediaReaders loaded by this applications -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</MediaReader>
		<MediaWriter>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/MediaWriter.xml for any MediaWriter loaded by this applications -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</MediaWriter>
		<LiveStreamPacketizer>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/LiveStreamPacketizers.xml for any LiveStreamPacketizers loaded by this applications -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</LiveStreamPacketizer>
		<HTTPStreamer>
			<!-- Properties defined here will override any properties defined in conf/HTTPStreamers.xml for any HTTPStreamer loaded by this applications -->
			<Properties>
			</Properties>
		</HTTPStreamer>
		<Repeater>
			<OriginURL>rtmp://my-origin1/live|rtmp://my-origin2/live</OriginURL>
			<QueryString><![CDATA[]]></QueryString>
		</Repeater> 
		<Modules>
			<Module>
				<Name>base</Name>
				<Description>Base</Description>
				<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleCore</Class>
			</Module>
			<Module>
				<Name>properties</Name>
				<Description>Properties</Description>
				<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleProperties</Class>
			</Module>
			<Module>
				<Name>logging</Name>
				<Description>Client Logging</Description>
				<Class>com.wowza.wms.module.ModuleClientLogging</Class>
			</Module>
			<Module>
				<Name>bwcheck</Name>
				<Description>Bandwidth Checker</Description>
				<Class>com.wowza.wms.plugin.bwcheck.ModuleBWCheck2</Class>
			</Module>
		</Modules>
		<!-- Properties defined here will be added to the IApplication.getProperties() and IApplicationInstance.getProperties() collections -->
		<Properties>
			<Property>
				<Name>smoothStreamingMediaMajorVersion</Name>
				<Value>2</Value>
				<Type>Integer</Type>
			</Property>
			<Property>
				<Name>bwCheckPayloadSize</Name>
				<Value>1800</Value>
				<Type>Integer</Type>
			</Property>
			<Property>
				<Name>bwCheckMaxLoops</Name>
				<Value>6</Value>
				<Type>Integer</Type>
			</Property>
			<Property>
				<Name>bwCheckMaxTime</Name>
				<Value>1000</Value>
				<Type>Long</Type>
			</Property>
		</Properties>
	</Application>
</Root>

**Falcon-M** · 07-08-2010, 07:56 AM

I can successfully play a single stream (for example http://my-edge/live/mp4:football1.sdp/Manifest) using SL streaming, but if I try to play multibitrate (http://my-edge/live/smil:football.smil/Manifest), then the stream is played 1-2 minutes, then stops.
So in the logs I see the mistakes that I wrote in my first post.
I've tried to use StartupStreams.xml on edge, but it had no effect.

**rrlanham** · 07-08-2010, 08:07 AM

I think using .stream files is the answer. Let me try something to verify, I'll post back in a few.

Richard

**rrlanham** · 07-08-2010, 09:56 AM

I have this working with Silverlight, and, for good measure, IPhone too. Here are the components:

Encoder
1. Publishing Point: rtmp://[wowza-origin-address]/origin
2. Stream: myStream%i (myStream1 and myStream2 enabled)
3. Format: h.264 (Baseline 3 for the benefit of IPhone)
/conf/origin/Application.xml
1. StreamType "liverepeater-origin"
2. LiveStreamingPacketizers "cupertinostreamingrepeater, smoothstreamingrepeater" (NOTE, these are the repeater packetizers here)
/conf/edge/Application.xml
1. StreamType: "liverepeater-edge"
2. LiveStreamPacketizers: "cupertinostreamingpacketizer, smoothstreamingpacketizer"
[wowza-install-dir]/content
1. myStream1.stream
  
  rtmp://[wowza-origin-address]:1935/origin/myStream1
2. myStream2.stream
  
  rtmp://[wowza-origin-address]:1935/origin/myStream2
3. mult.smil
  
  <smil>
  <head>
  </head>
  <body>
  <switch>
  <video src="myStream1.stream" system-bitrate="300000"/>
  <video src="myStream2.stream" system-bitrate="500000"/>
  </switch>
  </body>
  </smil>
StreamManager (http://[wowza-edge-address]:8086/streammanager
1. Click "Start Receiving Stream" for the "edge" application.
2. Enter "myStream1.stream"
3. Select MediaCaster type "liverepeater"
4. Click OK
Silverlight Manifest:
1. Code:
```
http://[wowza-edge-address]:1935/edge/smil:multi.smil/Manifest
```
2. Using MSExpression4SLTemplateGraphing.zip

IPhone:

Code:

http://[wowza-edge-address]:1935/edge/smil:multi.smil/playlist.m3u8

Richard

**rrlanham** · 07-08-2010, 10:12 AM

Note that I made a correction: switched LiveStreamPacketizers in the edge and origin.

And I added a step: Start .stream files on edge with StreamManager (step #5)

Richard

**Falcon-M** · 07-09-2010, 02:56 AM

Thank you Richard!
Smooth streaming works fine now, even without StartupStreams.xml or StreamManager.
But I have one more question. How to setup the origin failover? Like <OriginURL>my-origin1/live|my-origin2/live</OriginURL>
I tried change .stream files like this

Code:

rtmp://my-origin1/live/myStream1|rtmp://my-origin2/live/myStream1

But it doesn't work
Also I tried change .stream files like this

Code:

myStream1

and setup OriginURL in live/Application.xml like this

Code:

<OriginURL>my-origin1/live|my-origin2/live</OriginURL>

But it doesn't work too
--
Andrew

**rrlanham** · 07-09-2010, 09:07 AM

What do you mean, it doesn't work? What was the test and what was the result?

Richard

**Falcon-M** · 07-09-2010, 12:19 PM

Sorry, I did jump to conclusions.

I checked all the config files again and this version looks quite working:
content/myStream.stream

Code:

rtmp://my-origin1/live/mp4:myStream1|rtmp://my-origin2/live/mp4:myStream1

I turned off the my-origin1 and my-edge switched to the my-origin2 smoothly.
Then I went through all the same thing back. It worked perfectly!

Thank you very much for the help!

--
Andrew

**rrlanham** · 07-09-2010, 12:39 PM

Great! Thanks for the update. Glad it's working

Richard

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